Rumyantsev Obelisk

Local nameОбелиск «Румянцова победамъ»
LocationSaint Petersburg, Russia

The Rumyantsev Obelisk is a granite obelisk located in Saint Petersburg. It is at the centre of Rumyantsev Square, on Vasilyevsky Island, between the Menshikov Palace and the Saint Petersburg Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. The obelisk commemorates the victories of Count Pyotr Rumyantsev during the Russo-Turkish War between 1768 and 1774, and his service in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792.

The idea for a monument originated late in the reign of Empress Catherine the Great, and was realised by her son and successor, Emperor Paul I, in 1799. Paul had attempted to persuade Rumyantsev's heirs to accept the offer of a palace built at public expense in place of the monument, but was turned down. The monument was built to the design of Vincenzo Brenna and was initially sited on the Tsaritsyn Meadow, later the Field of Mars.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumyantsev_Obelisk

Address 3 Румянцевская площадь, Санкт-Петербург 199034, Russia

Coordinates 59°56'18.424" N 30°17'33.037" E

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